Agchat session 5/4/2010

Question 1:

What’s the effect of diminishing funding on agricultural education programs at the collegiate and post-graduate levels?

Question 2:

What ways can producers promote agricultural literacy in their area?

Question 3:

Do you think agricultural education should be apart of the course requirements in high school for public school education?

Question 4:

What is the biggest road block to increasing agricultural education in schools? And what are your ideas for overcoming this?

Question 5:

How do we convince parents & counselors that agriculture is successful career path, hence the need for kids to take agricultural education?

Question 6:

What should universities be doing differently to prep high school agriculture instructors to be more effective & better agvocates?

Question 7:

How do farmers start a conversation with schools about getting accurate ag literacy in current curriculum?

Question 8:

What are good children’s books about agriculture that are accurate & not overly simplified? Libraries can be ally

Question 9:

Does anybody have a list of farmers willing to host farm tours for youth organizations, others?

Question 10:

What agricultural education topics have you found to be most interesting to kids?

Question 11:

Are there any recommended online ag courses?

Question 12:

What’s the one executable idea you’ve learned tonight that you can apply?

Thanks to Truffle Media for archiving this
week’s chat